The following information shows the result of the orbit fit based on Gary Bernstein's method. Most of the information should be self-explanatory. Take special note that while the original Bernstein software works with barycentric coordinates, we convert these results into a heliocentric coordinate system.
# Object: 00PS30 # Created Wed Nov 27 02:08:06 2024 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 6 observations of 6 # Arc: 1.04d # First observation: 2000/08/07 # Last observation: 2000/08/08 # WARNING Fitting with energy constraint # WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0 # Chi-squared of fit: 1.12 DOF: 8 RMS: 0.08 # Min/Max residuals: -0.18 0.16 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.593683E-05 2.975654E-02 -2.659589E-07 -8.167136E-04 2.814752E-02 0.000000E+00 # Covariance matrix: 3.9173E-11 6.8426E-08 -4.2140E-14 4.7746E-11 1.1093E-08 0.0000E+00 6.8426E-08 1.2126E-04 -7.4467E-11 8.4372E-08 1.9596E-05 0.0000E+00 -4.2140E-14 -7.4467E-11 3.6314E-13 -1.3279E-10 -1.2047E-11 0.0000E+00 4.7746E-11 8.4372E-08 -1.3279E-10 1.4904E-07 1.3650E-08 0.0000E+00 1.1093E-08 1.9596E-05 -1.2047E-11 1.3650E-08 3.1706E-06 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 2.9346E-04 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -2.555634 -43.534697 0.032156 -0.045313 -1.011536 2451763.756523 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2451760.5000 = 2000/08/04 Mean Anomaly: 353.91454 +/- 194.134 Argument of Peri: 244.09530 +/- 260.479 Long of Asc Node: 78.87784 +/- 15.662 Inclination: 2.94384 +/- 0.514 Eccentricity: 0.03477232 +/- 0.5713 Semi-Major Axis: 37.84809233 +/- 20.0584 Time of Perihelion: 2453198.1566 +/- 215956.3 Perihelion: 36.53202638 +/- 29.0241 Aphelion: 39.16415828 +/- 29.9726 Period (y) 232.8489 +/- 185.10 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 26.44807382 +/- 1.6276 Ecliptic Y -25.16262498 +/- 1.5466 Ecliptic Z -1.58415823 +/- 0.1002 Ecliptic XDOT 0.00198387 +/- 0.0014 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00210623 +/- 0.0013 Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00007921 +/- 0.0001 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 36.53994885 +/- 1.5881 Geocenter to KBO 35.52710438 +/- 2.2474 # Hcoef: 8.60
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 00PS30. The first three columns show the date of observation. The next six columns are RA and DEC. The next column (when provided) is the observed magnitude and filter. The next column is the object name (00PS30) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2000 08 07.25578 21 18 54.70 -18 20 17.2 23.6R 00PS30 809 Cb9232 2000 08 07.31654 21 18 54.34 -18 20 18.8 24.0R 00PS30 809 Cb9232 2000 08 07.38931 21 18 53.95 -18 20 20.5 23.9R 00PS30 809 Cb9232 2000 08 08.20490 21 18 49.52 -18 20 41.2 24.0R 00PS30 809 Cb9232 2000 08 08.25265 21 18 49.25 -18 20 42.4 23.4R 00PS30 809 Cb9232 2000 08 08.29914 21 18 48.99 -18 20 43.6 23.9R 00PS30 809 Cb9232
The following table shows the residuals to the orbit fit. The first coumn is the point number. The second column is the time, in years, measured from the first observation. The third and fifth columns are the regularized positions used in the orbit fit. The fourth and sixth columns are the residuals, in arc seconds, for RA and Dec respectively.
1 0.0000 0.00 0.16 0.00 -0.04
2 0.0002 -5.37 -0.18 0.03 -0.01
3 0.0004 -11.18 0.00 0.10 0.06
4 0.0026 -77.56 0.06 -0.46 -0.01
5 0.0027 -81.59 -0.00 -0.44 0.01
6 0.0029 -85.48 -0.05 -0.46 -0.01
The following table comes from a 10My integration of the orbit of the object. Three columns are shown. The first column is the result of integrating the nominal orbit. The other two columns are based on clones of the nominal orbit that are +/- 3 sigma from the nominal orbit. If all three types agree then the classificiation is deemed secure. The basis for these calculations is described in more detail in AJ, 129, 1117 (2005). Any use made of these calculations should refer to and credit this publication and the Deep Ecliptic Survey Team.
00PS30 quality flag:0 Type: ERR2LARGE ERR2LARGE ERR2LARGE axisobj 0.000 0.000 0.000 ecceobj -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 incobj -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 qmin 0.000 0.000 0.000 qmax 0.000 0.000 0.000 amean 0.000 0.000 0.000 amin 0.000 0.000 0.000 amax 0.000 0.000 0.000 emean 0.000 0.000 0.000 emin 0.000 0.000 0.000 emax 0.000 0.000 0.000 imean 0.000 0.000 0.000 imin 0.000 0.000 0.000 imax 0.000 0.000 0.000 excite_mean 0.000 0.000 0.000 fracstop 0.000 0.000 0.000 cjmean 0.000 0.000 0.000 libcent 0 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libamp 0 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libcent 1 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libamp 1 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libcent 2 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libamp 2 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libcent 3 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libamp 3 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libcent 4 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libamp 4 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 kozaimean 0.0 0.0 0.0 kozaiamp 0.0 0.0 0.0